CABLE BREVITIES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 57, 30 November 1937, Page 6

CABLE BREVITIES

(Bj Telejiianh -1'iesa Aasn.— Copyrisht.) Bush Fire Subsides MELBOURNE: The bush fire which swept through f.orests on a six-mile front near Macedon on Friday and Saturday are being conquered and all danger to the Mount Macedon homes is now passed, thanks largely to a change of wind. Topless Bathing-Suits CORAL GABLES (Florida) : Albert de Parsi, the New York -beauty-culture expert, in an address to tlie Mairdressers' Convention, predicted that American women would jvear topless bacLThg suits by 1940. "They wear practically no tops now, and three years hence you will find them bathing in shorts the same as men." Marmalade Banned JOHANNESBURG: Racial antagonlsm between the English and the Afrikaners is rarely quiet in South Africa, but here is the daftest piece of racialism the country has yet known. Afrikaanspeaking children should not eat marmalade. An Afrikaans Girls' School liere has aetually banned it from the meuu , The most important reason given for the ban is that the eating of marmalade is alleged to be an old English custom and hence unpalatable to good. little Afrikaners. This school was recen'tly given land to the value £4000 by the Johannesburg City Council for playing-fields. That land was taken xrom Milner Park, named after Lord Milner. But. the school with its uncompromising racial attitude did not bother about the name Waltzing . Mouse RUGBY : The latest addition to the London Zoo is a waltzing mouse. The strain is rare in Britain, as they have to be selectively bred and are delicate. Waltzing mice have a habit of interrupting whatever they are doing several times daily to spin round for many seconds on end. The condition is stated to be due to some unknown defect in the anatomy of these mice.— British Official Wireless. Jockey Suspended SYDNEY : The jockey Maurice McCarten was yesterday suspended for two months for careless riding at the Victoria Park races last Wednesday, when he cut to sharply across, forcing Alice' Springs, ridden by McMenamin, on • the rails and injuring both Alice iSprings and McMenamin. Motor-Cyclist's Record BERLIN : Ernest Henno created a world record for a kilometre in 12.28 seconds, equal to 173.67 miles per liour. He rode a 500 c.c. BMW motor-cycle with a streamlined body, leaving the rider's head free. Henne also established records for five kilometres in 66.5 sconds (168.06 miles per, liour) and five miles in 112.18 seconds (160.45 miles per hour), all from flying starts.

Budge and Mako SYDNEY : The visiting tennis players Budge and Mako, who arrived by the Monterey yesterday, said tliey were looking .forward to playing on Australian courts underAustralian conditions. Both • expressed preparedhess to play more matches than . the itinerary pro1 vided, as it was lighter than they expect ed. Budge was surprised that there was some'doubt about the Australians participating in the next Davis Cup. He "said he regarded the Australians as their most dangerous rivals, and it would be a pity if they were not challenged.